Senate President John Morse on Friday said he lacks enough support to take up a measure requiring those convicted of Class 1 misdemeanors to submit a DNA sample to be stored in state databases.

“I’m not going to spend legislative time doing a committee meeting when that bill is going to end up dying either in that committee … or on the Senate floor,” said Morse, who is the Senate sponsor of the measure.

Morse did offer a public service announcement of sorts Friday to other lawmakers: “Anybody that can help me get votes on both sides of the aisle … help; let’s do it.”

Proponents argue the bill is a matter of public safety and by having more DNA in a state database system run by the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, it would solve more cold cases.

Senate Majority Leader Morgan Carroll, who opposes the measure, says the state would be collecting DNA that may or may not pertain to the crime.

“This is for permanent storage that could quite possibly be checked at will without probable cause or a warrant,” Carroll said. “That’s very problematic and infringes on peoples civil rights and liberties. It’s a pretty broad overreach.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado also opposes the bill.

But not Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrisey:

“I’m disappointed,” Morrissey, a staunch proponent of the bill, said. “It’s a good bill that’s needed.”

A native of Colorado, Kurtis Lee was a politics reporter for The Denver Post from February 2011 until July 2014. He graduated cum laude from Temple University in 2009 with a degree in journalism and political science. He previously worked as an online writer in Washington, D.C., for the PBS NewsHour.

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